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Timothy Brush Professor SCIE 2.348 Office: (956) 665-2921 tbrush@utpa.edu	Current Courses: Comparative Embryology (BIOL3407) Ornithology (BIOL4412) Advanced Ornithology (BIOL5412) Subtropical Ornithology (BIOL5412)	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Roosevelt Campbell Lecturer SCIE 1.306 Office: (956) 665-2498 rcampbell@utpa.edu	Current Courses: General Biology(BIOL1401/2) Biological Writing (BIOL3302) Anatomy & Physiology (BIOL2403) Seminar (BIOL4100)	Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Robert K. Dearth Assistant Professor SCIE 1.312 Office: (956) 665-8750 Res. Lab. SCIE 2.240	Current Courses: BIOL3411Mammalian Physiology BIOL43413 Endocrinology	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Hudson R. DeYoe Professor SCIE 1.324 Office: (956) 665-3538 hdeyoe@utpa.edu	Current Courses: BIOL1402 General Biology BIOL3409 General Ecology BIOL4410 Marine Botany BIOL4425 Marine Ecology	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Frank J. Dirrigl Assistant Professor SCIE 2.344 Office: (956) 665-8732	Current Courses: BIOL1401-1402 Biology ENSC3400 Environmental Science & Public Policy ENSC3401 Environ. Regulations & Impact Analysis BIOL 3302 Biological Writing	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Robert Edwards Professor SCIE 1.316 Office: (956) 665-3545 redwards@utpa.edu	Current Courses: BIOL 4304 Ichthyology BIOL 5304 Advanced Ichthyology BIOL 6305 Biometry BIOL 1402 General Biology BIOL 3404 Conservation Biology	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Mohammed Farooqui Professor and Chair SCIE 2.360 Office: (956) 665-3543 farooqui@utpa.edu	Current Courses: BIOL 4416 Enviromental Toxicology BIOL 3405 Histology	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Zen Faulkes Associate Professor SCIE 2.634 Office: (956) 665-2614 or (956) 587-9363 zfaulkes@utpa.edu	Current Courses: BIOL 1401 General Biology BIOL 3310 Neurobiology BIOL 6324 Evolutionary Theory BIOL 3302 Biological Writing BIOL 4100 Seminar	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae

Teresa Patricia Feria Assistant Professor SCIE 2.328 Office: (956) 665-7322 tpferia@utpa.edu	Current Courses: General Biology (BIOL1401/1402) Ecology (BIOL3409) Global Change Ecology - BIOL4388 Adv Global Change Ecology BIOL5388 Adv. Ecology BIOL6303 Biological Writing BIOL3302	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Brian Lund Fredensborg Assistant Professor SCIE 2.320 (Office) SCIE 2.492 (Research Lab) Office: (956) 665-7838 blfredenbor@utpa.edu	Current Courses: BIOL4407 Animal Parasitology BIOL5307 Host-parasite interactions BIOL4402 Marine Zoology BIOL 4100 Biology Seminar BIOL3414 Invertebrate Zoology BIOL3409 Ecology	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Bonnie Gunn Lecturer SCIE 3.106 Office: (956) 665-2062 gunnbs@utpa.edu	Current Courses: Biology (BIOL1402) Anatomy and Physiology (BIOL2403/4) Biological Writing (BIOL 3302) Seminar (BIOL4100)	Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Scott Gunn Professor SCIE 1.360 Office: (956) 665-3540 sgunn@utpa.edu	Current Courses: Genetics (BIOL3413) Mammology (BIOL4303)	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Frank W. Judd Research Professor (retired) SCIE 1.328 Office: (956) 665-7001 fjudd@utpa.edu		Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Anxiu Kuang Professor SCIE 1.340 Office: (956) 665-2953 akuang@utpa.edu	Current Courses: Electron Microscopy (BIOL4418, 5418) General Biology (BIOL1401) Plant Physiology (BIOL4405/5405) Seminar (BIOL4100)	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Jonathan Lieman Assistant Professor SCIE 1.364 Office: (956)665 3656 jlieman@utpa.edu	Current Courses: General Biology (BIOL1401) Cell Biology (BIOL3412) Seminar (BIOL4100)	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Kristine Lowe Associate Professor SCIE 2.332 Office: (956) 665-8749 klowe@utpa.edu	Current Courses: Microbial Ecology (BIOL4424/5424) General Microbiology (BIOL3401) Environmental Biology (BIOL2406) History of Biology (BIOL6322)	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Luis A. Materon Professor SCIE 1.344 (Office) SCIE 1.214 (Res. Lab) Office: (956) 665-7140 (956) 665-7320 (Res. Lab) lmateron@utpa.edu	Current Courses: General Microbiology (BIOL3401) Medical Microbiology & Immunology (BIOL3303) Molecular Virology (BIOL4404/5404)	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae

Andrew McDonald Assistant Professor SCIE 3.114 Office: (956) 665-2065 amcdonald@utpa.edu	Current Courses: Plant Systematics (BIOL4314/5314) General Biology (BIOL1402) Plant Morphology (BIOL3408) Ethnobotany (BIOL4318) Biological Seminar (BIOL4100)	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Michael Persans Associate Professor SCIE 2.316 Office: (956) 665-7323 mpersans@utpa.edu	Current Courses: Plant Molecular Biology & Biochemistry (BIOL6420) Molecular Genetics (BIOL6316) Biotechnology (BIOL4420/5420) Molecular Biology (BIOL3415)	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Erin Schuenzel Assistant Professor SCIE 1.332 Office: (665) 2229 schuenzelel@utpa.edu	Current Courses: General Biology (BIOL 1401, 1402) Bacterial Genetics (BIOL 4417) Seminar (BIOL4100)	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Kenneth Summy Associate Professor SCIE 2.308 Office: (956) 665-7927 krsummy@utpa.edu	Current Courses: General Biology (BIOL1401, 1402) Entomology (BIOL4315/5315) Remote Sensing Technology (BIOL4403/5403) Seminar (BIOL 4101) Biological Writing (BIOL3302)	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Matthew Terry Assistant Professor SCIE 3.110 Office: (956) 665-2064 mterry1@utpa.edu	Current Courses: General Biology (BIOL1401) Biological Evolution (BIOL3301) Developmental Mechanisms (BIOL3406) Molecular Evolution (BIOL4330) Biological Writing (BIOL6304)	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Christopher Vitek Assistant Professor SCIE 2.324 Office: (956) 665-2845 vitekc@utpa.edu	Current Courses: General Biology (BIOL1401, 1402) Biology Seminar (BIOL4100) Aquatic Entomology (BIOL4419) Medical Entomology (BIOL4319) Disease Epidemiology (BIOL4317)	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Cindy Wedig Lecturer SCIE 1.308 Office: (956) 665-7025 cindy@utpa.edu	Current Courses: Biology BIOL1401, 1487 Teacher Education BIOL4315, SCIE4370 Integrated Problem Solving Course for Premeds BIOL4387	Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae
Fred Zaidan Associate Professor SCIE 2.312 Office: (956) 665-7481 fzaidan@utpa.edu	Current Courses: Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (BIOL 2402) Herpetology (BIOL 4409/5409) Ecological Physiology of Animals (BIOL 4411/5411)	Research Faculty Profile Curriculum Vitae

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